Charge Anywhere Mobile Solution Now Works With BlackBerry Phones

The world of card acceptance on BlackBerry smartphones has just become more complete.

Charge Anywhere LLC, a South Plainfield, N.J.-based wireless-payments company, has made its mobile-payments application compatible with a peripheral card-swiping device that plugs into a BlackBerry audio jack, the company announced Jan. 17.

Until now, the Charge Anywhere application worked with Blackberry devices only through a Bluetooth peripheral swiping device. It also works with other smartphones.

The new compatibility "makes it easier for consumers because the price point is appealing, it plugs right into the audio jack, and there's no charging and no battery," Kelly McDermott, Charge Anywhere marketing manager, tells PaymentsSource.